10 Infuriating Video Game Bosses That Made You Lower The Difficulty

4. Devil May Cry 3: Arkham

Capcom has never been a particularly merciful studio. From Resident Evil to their archive of fighting IP to Devil May Cry, they've engineered countless situations and boss encounters which have no qualms about knocking players senseless. With three nasty forms and attacks to match, Devil May Cry 3's Arkham is the embodiment of this school of design.

It's not enough for his first form to resemble an incredibly angry Mr. Freeze. It's not enough or his second form to be an unnerving jester straight out of a masquerade ball. No, Arkham's third, gelatinous form is what DMC players remember, often as the last thing they saw before becoming reacquainted with their most recent save point. Though troublesome on any difficulty, when fought on the highest setting€”aptly titled Dante Must Die€”Blob Arkham is best described as a mass of headaches.

It's your standard boss fare all right, but with the dial turned well past eleven. Instant kills by the fistful coupled with frequent and nigh-unavoidable area attacks... why Capcom, why?

 
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A freelance games writer, you say? Typically battling his current RPG addiction and ceaseless perfectionism? A fan of horror but too big a sissy to play for more than a couple of hours? Spends far too much time on JRPGs and gets way too angry with card games? Well that doesn't sound anything like me.